Wausau ranks fourth in unemployment

5:38 PM,
Apr. 24, 2013

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Daily Herald Media

Wausau lost roughly 700 jobs between March 2012 and March 2013 even as the unemployment rate decreased by 0.3 percent over the same time period, according to statistics released today by the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development.

Wausau, at 10.2 percent unemployment, has the fourth highest unemployment rate of Wisconsin cities with populations of 25,000 people or greater. Only Racine, at 13.3 percent; Beloit, at 12.3 percent; and Milwaukee, at 10.4 percent, ...